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1997 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1997 LPGA Championship
dates	May 15–18, [1997](1997-lpga-tour)
location	Wilmington, Delaware
course	DuPont Country Club
tour	LPGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6386 yd
field
format	Stroke play - 72 holes
cut	150 (+8)
purse	$1.2 million
winners_share	$180,000
champion	USA Christa Johnson
score	281 (−3), playoff
previous	[1996](1996-lpga-championship)
next	[1998](1998-lpga-championship)
map	USA#USA Delaware
map_label	DuPont CC
map_caption	Location in United States##Location in Delaware
map_relief	yes
coordinates

The 1997 LPGA Championship was the 43rd LPGA Championship, played May 15–18 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.

Christa Johnson won her only major title in a sudden-death playoff over Leta Lindley. The win came with a par on the second extra hole, after both had players bogeyed the first. Johnson and Lindley were co-leaders after 54 holes. It was the first playoff at the LPGA Championship since 1970, then a full 18-hole round on Monday.

This was the fourth of eleven consecutive LPGA Championships at DuPont Country Club.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 18, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	USA Christa Johnson	68-73-69-71=281	−3	Playoff
USA Leta Lindley	72-69-69-71=281
3	SWE Annika Sörenstam	70-73-72-67=282	−2	81,519
T4	ENG Laura Davies	67-75-74-68=284	E	57,365
USA Sherri Steinhauer	68-71-73-72=284
T6	CAN Dawn Coe-Jones	70-75-71-69=285	+1	38,947
CAN Gail Graham	69-79-71-66=285
8	ENG Trish Johnson	70-73-72-71=286	+2	31,400
T9	USA Barb Mucha	68-73-72-74=287	+3	26,871
	AUS Karrie Webb	71-79-70-67=287

Source:

Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Christa Johnson	5-4=9	+1	180,000
2	USA Leta Lindley	5-5=10	+2	111,711

Sudden-death playoff held on holes 18 and 10.

Scorecard

Hole	18	10
Par	4	4
USA Johnson	5	4
USA Lindley	5	5

:{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Double Eagle |Eagle |Birdie -- |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

References

(May 18, 1997). "LPGA Championship". Sunday Star-News.
Ginsburg, David. (May 19, 1997). "Johnson gets LPGA victory". Times Daily.
(1997). "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA.
(May 19, 1997). "LPGA Championship". Wilmington Morning Star.

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